"Academic Garbage" Carnival: 616 Grad Students Let Loose (opens in new tab)

During this year's Spring Festival, Zhou Ziheng, a first‑year biology master's student, founded a journal called Rubbish — dedicated entirely to collecting academic garbage. Positioned as the polar opposite of top‑tier academic journals, Rubbish is proudly a "rock‑bottom publication." Serious papers need not apply. Instead, you'll find pieces using academic jargon to explore Northeast Chinese cuisine (like iron‑pot stew), figure out what insurance Optimus Prime from Transformers should buy. A...